Our cats would kill themselves instantly. They devoured a small palm tree and love snacking on philodendron, pea plants, green bean leaves, etc. The first thing they do with plants is see how they taste.

"Like the Christmas myths about Santa Claus, flying reindeer and a toy workshop in the North Pole, the belief that poinsettias are poisonous is false," Wahl told WebMD the Magazine. According to the report, the myth that poinsettias are poisonous to humans is believed to have originated in 1919 after a young girl's parents attributed her death to eating the plant's leaves. According to Wahl, there are no reports of deaths due to eating poinsettia leaves but he did confirm that eating the plant can cause nausea and vomiting.

/years ago i bought one of those red devils for my aging neighbor, he was in a nursing home only to find that overnight a nurse disposed of the highly toxic plant. she was right 5 years later that 93 year old died.

hochstmm:"Like the Christmas myths about Santa Claus, flying reindeer and a toy workshop in the North Pole, the belief that poinsettias are poisonous is false," Wahl told WebMD the Magazine. According to the report, the myth that poinsettias are poisonous to humans is believed to have originated in 1919 after a young girl's parents attributed her death to eating the plant's leaves. According to Wahl, there are no reports of deaths due to eating poinsettia leaves but he did confirm that eating the plant can cause nausea and vomiting.

kittyhas1000legs:Our cats would kill themselves instantly. They devoured a small palm tree and love snacking on philodendron, pea plants, green bean leaves, etc. The first thing they do with plants is see how they taste.

I apologize if you already know this, but if that is how your cats are with plants, you should *NEVER* bring home a lily of any kind. You joked about killing themselves instantly; a lily would do this. Painfully. In less than a week.

/No seriously. Any species of lily is a painful death sentence for cats. Kidney failure is a terrible thing.

slapmastered:kittyhas1000legs: Our cats would kill themselves instantly. They devoured a small palm tree and love snacking on philodendron, pea plants, green bean leaves, etc. The first thing they do with plants is see how they taste.

I apologize if you already know this, but if that is how your cats are with plants, you should *NEVER* bring home a lily of any kind. You joked about killing themselves instantly; a lily would do this. Painfully. In less than a week.

/No seriously. Any species of lily is a painful death sentence for cats. Kidney failure is a terrible thing.

Thanks for the heads up. I was unaware of the danger from lilies, but since I'm am allergic to the pollen, it was only a slight risk anyway. Yet another reason to not bring them in.

Iblis824:hochstmm: "Like the Christmas myths about Santa Claus, flying reindeer and a toy workshop in the North Pole, the belief that poinsettias are poisonous is false," Wahl told WebMD the Magazine. According to the report, the myth that poinsettias are poisonous to humans is believed to have originated in 1919 after a young girl's parents attributed her death to eating the plant's leaves. According to Wahl, there are no reports of deaths due to eating poinsettia leaves but he did confirm that eating the plant can cause nausea and vomiting.

"Like the Christmas myths about Santa Claus, flying reindeer and a toy workshop"

Well thanks for ruining my Christmas.

/spoiler alert would have been nice// Seriously, I can't even have a Christmas tree with my cats, do you think I'm going to have a potted plant in my house so that I can vacuum dirt from the carpet every day?

I grew up in Northern California - oleander everywhere. Didn't realize it was poisonous till I was an adult. I don't recall my mother ever warning me about it. Now I want one in my yard and don't think the muggy South would support it.

I used to work for a chiropractor. He claimed they were a major pollen allergy activator for a lot of people with autoimmune issues, but maybe he was confusing that with the latex/ sap allergy mentioned in tfa.

slapmastered:I apologize if you already know this, but if that is how your cats are with plants, you should *NEVER* bring home a lily of any kind. You joked about killing themselves instantly; a lily would do this. Painfully. In less than a week.

/No seriously. Any species of lily is a painful death sentence for cats. Kidney failure is a terrible thing.

I was dumb enough to think that my cat would leave some flowers alone. That was an expensive mistake.

At least I brought him to the vet in time for them to stop any real damage.

hstein3:slapmastered: I apologize if you already know this, but if that is how your cats are with plants, you should *NEVER* bring home a lily of any kind. You joked about killing themselves instantly; a lily would do this. Painfully. In less than a week.

/No seriously. Any species of lily is a painful death sentence for cats. Kidney failure is a terrible thing.

I was dumb enough to think that my cat would leave some flowers alone. That was an expensive mistake.

At least I brought him to the vet in time for them to stop any real damage.

I know that feel, bro. My two idiots did the same thing, thankfully with the same result (and price tag.) My wife was nearly beside herself, because she felt that as a vet tech, her cats should have somehow known better (or something...) Either way, we never brought home flowers from anywhere without thoroughly inspecting the bouquet for anything even resembling lilies.

While lots of flowers will make cats redecorate your carpet, only lilies will outright kill them.

Loving this, because my wife came down with a case of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease shortly after picking up our Poinsettia. Kept arguing with her for the first couple days that it was more likely a nephew, niece or one of the horrible little disease creatures she teaches. Considering watering a plant appears to be her kryptonite I'm going to say that she didn't get blisters on her hands, feet and mouth from carrying the plant from the green-house to the kitchen table.

I haven't allowed any type of real or fake flowers or plants in my home for many years. Not only because some plants are toxic to cats, but I really don't want to deal with the puking, the dirt everywhere and the vet bills after they've attacked and eaten the plant, thank you very much. I did bring home cat grass once, but my cats ignored it, the one plant they're supposed to eat!